Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Is it genetic?

So there has been enough naval gazing and kitten gazing here on the blog lately and although I have been doing some crafting , I have also been wondering about the correlation between crafting and generosity.

Do generous people become crafters by nature? or does being a crafter make you generous?

Its a big question...

The delightful Michele from calicodaisy sent me this sweet machine-embroidered chicken along with some selvedges. He is super cute and I have plans afoot for this one already. Michele has a zillion designs that she makes and she also does some great collaborative stuff with her designs on other people's work.

The totally unbelievably generous and talented Holly from Two Cheese Please sent me this present last week. Can you believe she hand carved that stamp for me ...why???

"Just because" is what she said. How long would all those teeny tiny letters have taken? I must admit to a little squeal when I saw this and look at those little dots - they are for me to print my very own selvedge !!!! eeeeekkkkk

And then Sherrin from Starashan popped this in the post for me. Sherrin makes me green with envy every time she post some of her screen printed stuff. I would love to be able to get involved in screen printing. One of my usual drooly comments about her stuff and hey presto she sends me one of my very own - on delicious red linen- I'm thinking a bag maybe???

and just to prove how talented she is......even the card is cool!

Now, I am not going to rant on here about the generosity of bloggers or how crazy in love I am with just about every single bit of blogging. I'm just going to say thank you to you all and promise to pass on some of this "just because" generosity as soon as possible.I am working on dollies and finishing up all their little bits and pieces in time for Christmas. I do love making dollies, but as I sew little cardi's and frocks my mind is racing onto new things , the selvedges are haunting me (as always) I am thinking of the Christmas to-do list and I was hoping that if you guys grabbed your side and I grabbed mine we could stretch December out for another week or so.......

God your gorgeous!!!!!! I have taken your idea and run with a crazy little cat thing in my sewing room.. remember all the humour you share, you deserve the goodies, theyre perks of being so fantastic, and helping tired mums like me smile.

Fortunately for me my work has thinned out considerably and this leaves lots of time for sewing and other craft pursuits - oh and blog reading of course. Sorry can't help you with any more weeks! All those goodies are gorgeous - you deserve them, inspiring more than just bloggers to get crafting. Your dolls are cool. Good luck with December.

Awww, I'm feeling the bloggy love from over here in SA!! Loving the screen print bike. Very my childhood growing up thought inducing... But I think my favourite thing from your post is the stamp. How freaking fabulous! It looks so official - perhaps it will give you some swing on any official documents you need to fill out. Just stamp it in bright red ink and see how much clout you have then!

Oh! I think the generosity goes both ways - or a hundred different ways in this blog world. This week alone, I received your ornament, a flannel pillowcase, and a mini wallet in my favorite sheep linen. My blog cup - and stocking runneth over!

I think it's the crafting that makes you generous. After I've finished knitting something, I feel like I've experienced the yarn and the project so completely that keeping the end result would seem pointless.

Jodie, you can print your own selvedge!! How utterly cool is that?? I am so in awe of all you clever people who even come up with such ideas. I do love your darling dollies. Do they already have destinations, or are they going in your Etsy shop?